Good Colleges with Reasonable costs

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<p>Hi, I am looking for good colleges that are good in academics (in mechanical engineering) and athletics(in swimming), AND with $25,000 or less per year Out-state tuition. Or an almost guaranteed financial aids and scholarships.
My GPA is 3.99 out of 4.0
SAT: Writing 730. Math 710. Critical Reading 570
I am top 7% of my class and honor-roll student. Regional champion in swimming and 4th in the National ranking. Captain of the swim team, running team, chess club, math club,and on the soccer team and basketball team.
Any suggestions. Please reply as soon as possible.</p>

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<p>Go to the Financial Aid Forum, and scroll through the threads there until you find the ones on Guaranteed Merit-based Aid. There are some on that topic in the Parents Forum as well.</p>

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<p>Are you an International Student? If so, a lot of the scholarships in those threads won’t be available for you. In that case, look for b@r!um’s posts in the International Students Forum. She has good suggestions about finding scholarships for international students.</p>

<p>If you are a US student, talk with your teachers about ways to prep for the CR portion of the SAT, and then re-take it. If English is a second language for you, take the TOEFL. Your CR score is low for the best scholarships.</p>

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<p>University of Wyoming with give you a scholarship bringing the cost of attendance down to around $21,000. Go to their website and look at the Rocky Mountain Scholarships for international students. Their engineering programs are pretty good.</p>

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<p>Hi, I am looking for good colleges that are good in academics (in mechanical engineering) and athletics(in swimming), AND with $25,000 or less per year Out-state tuition. Or an almost guaranteed financial aids and scholarships.
My GPA is 3.99 out of 4.0
SAT: Writing 730. Math 710. Critical Reading 570</p>

<p>Your Math + CR is a 1280. You need to bring that up to get good merit at some of the better ranked schools. Writing rarely counts for merit scholarships.</p>

<p>Retake the SAT. Bring up that CR score!</p>

<p>Sign up for the October ACT as well. Since you’re strong in Writing, the ACT may yield you a better scores since the entire ACT composite is used for merit scholarships. </p>

<p>If you can get your M+CR score up to a 1330 and you major in Engineering, then Alabama would give you free tuition plus 2500 per year. Your remaining costs would be about $12k.</p>

<p>When you say $25k OOS tuition, do you mean the entire cost? Tuition, room, board, books, etc? Or do you just mean tuition???</p>

<p>Are your parents saying that they will pay up to $25k per year? If not, how much are they saying that they will pay?</p>

<p>Are you an international student? If not, what is your home state?</p>

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<p>**National Buckeye Scholarship for non-Ohio residents **</p>

<pre><code>Award amount

$12,000 ($48,000 four–year value)

Criteria

Ohio State is committed to enrolling a diverse and talented student population. The National Buckeye Scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to non-Ohio students required to pay the out-of-state surcharge who are admitted to the Columbus campus for autumn semester. Those considered rank in the top 40 percent of their graduating classes and have ACT composite scores of 28 or higher or combined SAT Critical Reading and Math scores of 1260 or higher.
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<p>[url=&lt;a href=“Merit-based scholarships - The Ohio State University”&gt;Merit-based scholarships - The Ohio State University]Scholarships[/url</a>]</p>

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<p>$25,000 per year out of state tuition, or out of state *cost of attendance<a href=“including%20tuition,%20fees,%20room,%20board,%20books,%20etc.”>/i</a>, is your limit?</p>

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<p>first of all, thanks for the help. Secondly (happymomof1) I am a US Citizen, but i have lived and trained abroad. About my CR score i tried a couple of times to improve but it seems that i can’t get above the 600 threshold :(. (mom2collegekids) $25k tuition only(not including cost of attendence) and my home state is Albama ;).</p>

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<p>$25k for tuition only still is somewhat limiting. Privates have higher tuition. Some OOS publics have tuition that is around that amount.</p>

<p>Should we guess that with room, board, fees, books that your parents will pay about $40k per year??? If so, then it doesn’t sound like you’d qualify for much/any need-based aid at those type of schools.</p>

<p>Are you going to take the ACT? Your W strengths may help you with the ACT. </p>

<p>Are you applying to any Alabama schools?</p>

<p>Based on cost constraints and estimated budget of $40k…</p>

<p>Reaches…Purdue, UIUC, UMich</p>

<p>Matches…Ohio State, UPitt, UDel, UConn, Colorado School of Mines</p>

<p>Safeties…Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Miss St</p>

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<p>When you say you are 4th in the National swim ranking is that in USA swimming? Or in the country where you are training? You can check the swim teams top times for last season 2011-2012 and get a good idea of whether you are competitive. For example, Wyoming expects Jr National times while Auburn would likely expect Olympic Trial times in order to make the team. If the swimming is important, look through the times and see where you fit</p>

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<p>SAT CR+M = 1280 is concordant with ACT 28.</p>

<p>See if any of the schools listed here will work are suitable:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1348012-automatic-full-tuition-full-ride-scholarships.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Some examples include:</p>

<p>Alabama - Birmingham: 28 ACT => $15,000 scholarship, leaves about $10,000 remaining net cost
Florida A&M: 27 ACT => full tuition and fees
Prairie View A&M: 26 ACT => full ride</p>

<p>If you get the ACT up to 32 or SAT CR+M to 1400, you will likely find more automatic merit scholarships choices.</p>

<p>Some low list price (under $25,000 per year) colleges:</p>

<p>Cooper Union (after applying the full tuition scholarship given to every admit)
South Dakota Mines
South Dakota State</p>

<p>Slightly to somewhat above $25,000 per year (possibly within range if you add Stafford loans) are the following schools:</p>

<p>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Minnesota
New Mexico Mining
North Carolina State
Stony Brook
Virginia Tech</p>

<p>Is $25,000 your limit for just tuition, or total cost of attendance including room, board, books, misc.? If the former, total cost of attendance is usually $10,000 to $20,000 more than tuition and fees, depending on the area the college is located in.</p>

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<p>Thanks again for all the help, your suggestions have been of the at most help to me.(mom2collegekids) yes, my parents are willing to pay $40K but that is the limit. And about the ACT i don’t have any experience with it and i am not used to the format, so in ur experience is it easy to get used to the ACT and do well in a short period of time?. Also i might apply for schools in Alabama but i still want my options to be open. The list u gave me is very suitable for my needs, so thank u very much.(idahomom) Iam ranked 4th in the country i train in, but my times are still competitve, although not to extent of olympic trials, to those of us swimmers.(ucbalumnus) the link u gave me is great, it is very close to what i am looking for.(Every one) Now i have kinda of An off topic Question: Why are the Writing scores in SAT neglected and are of almost no real value?and Is there hope to accepted in a good college with my "low"SAT reading score?</p>

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<p>You will have a hard time finding a better school than Auburn for Mechanical Engineering, given your requirements/stats.</p>

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<p>Olin and Cooper Union</p>

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<p>Why are the Writing scores in SAT neglected and are of almost no real value</p>

<p>there are a few theories. Some may think that it dilutes a better indicator of a student’s strengths. The Math and Critical Reading sections are the quantitative and verbal sections.</p>

<p>It could be argued that Student A would be a stronger student than Student B.</p>

<p>Student A</p>

<p>M: 700
CR: 700
W: 650
total: 2050 </p>

<p>Student B</p>

<p>M: 700
CR: 550
W: 800
total: 2050</p>

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<p>Maybe OP could get a full-ride as a student athlete at tOSU. The most resourceful varsity sports program in the country. Also, most of our Olympic sports perform very well in the nation, finished 2nd overall in the nation behind only Stanford in Directors’ Cup last year. Above all, the $140 million RPAC is a state-of-the-art recreation and athletic training facility, 2nd to none in the nation.</p>

<p>RPAC</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.moodynolan.com/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/osu_rpac.jpg[/url]”>http://www.moodynolan.com/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/osu_rpac.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion</p>

<p>“… a state-of-the-art competition pool loaded with the latest technology sets a university apart from the competition.”</p>

<p>Dedicated October 14, 2005, the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion is the newest addition to Ohio State’s top-notch athletics facilities. The Pavilion consists of the Mike Peppe Natatorium and the Ron O’Brien Diving Well. Holding nearly 1.56 million gallons of water in the entire facility, the Pavilion is part of Ohio State’s new Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC).</p>

<p>The McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion has already hosted numerous championship competitions. Here is a look at the championship slate to date:</p>

<p>At the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion …
• 2010 Men’s NCAA Championships
• 2010 Men’s Big Ten Championships
• 2010 USA Diving Winter Nationals and World Cup Team Trials
• 2008 Toyota Grand Prix at The Ohio State University
• 2008 Women’s NCAA Championships
• 2008 NCAA Zone C Diving Competition
• 2008 Women’s Big Ten Championships
• 2008 USA Diving World Cup Selection Camp
• 2007 Men’s Big Ten Championships
• 2006 Women’s Big Ten Championships
• 2006 NCAA Zone C Diving Competition
• 2006 McCorkle Long Course Classic
• 2006 Peppe/Bruce Invitational
• 2006 International Diving Invitational</p>

<p>Amenities
Concession stand
Ticket booth
2 visiting team locker rooms
2 coaches and officials Locker rooms
Varsity team locker rooms
Training room
Athletics offices
Administrative offices
Full data digital scoreboard
Accessible seating areas
Passenger elevator
Freight elevator
Loading dock
Event management room
Classroom
Observation balcony
Restroom facilities
Wall of fame
Record board
Spectator seating for 1,750
On-deck seating for 1,300
Competitive pool
Springboards and towers
Spa
Media Workroom for 35</p>

<p>Dimensions
10 lanes of a 50 meter racing course
20 lanes of a 25 yard racing course
28 lanes of a 25 meter racing course
20 foot decks surrounding pools
3 championship water polo courses
4,638 square foot diving pool of 536,792 gallons
14,156 square foot competitive pool of 934,324 gallons
154 square foot spa of 2,192 gallons</p>

<p>Upcoming Events
2006 Big Ten Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
2006 NCAA Regional Diving Championships
2007 Big Ten Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
2008 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships</p>

<p>[OhioStateBuckeyes.com</a> - The Official Athletic site of The Ohio State University - Facilities](<a href=“http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/facilities/mccorkle-pavilion.html]OhioStateBuckeyes.com”>http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/facilities/mccorkle-pavilion.html)</p>

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<p>Full scholarships for swimming are very rare.</p>

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<p>Perhaps!? Nonetheless, I vividly recall a synchronized swimmer who had received a full ride scholarship from tOSU when I was a student there a decade ago, and she was an international student from Japan. :)</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.collegeswimming.com/news/2008/jun/3/tuesday-tip-how-common-full-ride/[/url]”>http://www.collegeswimming.com/news/2008/jun/3/tuesday-tip-how-common-full-ride/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks again for all the help your suggestions have benefited me greatly in me search for colleges that are suitable for me. A friend of mine suggested that I also check out/apply to Georgia Institute of Technology(Georgia Tech) and Virginia Tech. Even though I might have a little difficulty getting in Georgia tech with my low reading score, I think there is still a chance for me to get in. So What do you think?</p>